Artistic committee

The Artistic Committee is composed only of musicians, all former students of Mr. Dumortier. Its mission is to define the qualitative and quantitative criteria essential to create a solid performance and a successful project to an international standard. The Committee produces a program with guidelines where all is conceived and designed in the spirit of the "Master". It creates an impartial international jury of high competence made up of personalities from the international music world. The Artistic Committee consists of the following persons:

Pierre Bartholomée, PRESIDENT 
      Composer
      Performer and internationally recognized conductor
      Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
      Member of the Board of Directors of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium

Francette Bartholomée 
      Concert harpist
      Honorary Professor of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Tangui Catoire 
      Director of the Academy of Music of Ath

Jean-Michel Dayez 
      Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons and the Conservatory of Lille

Walter Denis 
      Honorary Professor of the Academy of Ath

Anaëlle Friquet 
      Professor Academies of Bastogne and Dinant

Philippe Gerard 
      Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
      Director of the Music Chapel of Tournai

Michel Hallynck †
      Professor at the Conservatory of Tournai
      Director of IMEP

Jacqueline Hallynck-Dechaux 
      Honorary Professor at the Conservatory of Tournai

Francis Penning 
      Professor at the Academy of Bastogne

Philippe Raskin 
      International André Dumortier Competition Special Prize in 2005

Michel Stockhem 
      Director of the Royal Conservatory of Mons and ARTS²